Today in Cold War History for May 5
1949 – The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
1951-Fighting increased along the Israel-Syrian border with continued artillery, Mortar fire and Infantry attacks across the border between the two sides
1955 – West Germany gains full sovereignty.
1961 – The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
1964 – Separatists riot in Quebec
1965 – 1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1967-The first ever all British satellite ‘Ariel 3’ is successfully launched into orbit from the United States.
1968-Following the referendum in Gibralta in which Gibraltar’s voters were asked whether they wished to become part of Spain and voted with a resounding no vote. Spain closes the border with Gibraltar and severed all communication.
1979 – Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
1980 – Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
1980- Saipan and other Navy ships provided humanitarian search and rescue support operations for the vast sealift of Cuban refugees heading for the U.S. through the Florida Straits.
1981 – Thousands mourn the death of hunger striker Bobby Sands after 66 days of hunger strike in protest against members of the IRA not being treated as political prisoners.
1987 – Iran-Contra affair: start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America

My goal with this blog is to offend everyone in the world at least once with my words… so no one has a reason to have a heightened sense of themselves. We are all ignorant, we are all found wanting, we are all bad people sometimes.